Rail-chair.



No. 801,181. I PATENTED OCT. 8,1905. E. D. ORAMER & W. H. ALLSTBTTER.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED APE.6.1905- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1v Witness No. 801,181. PATENTED OCT. 3,1905.

E. D. CRAMER & W. H. ALLSTETTER.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6.1905.

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EDIVARD D. ORAMER AND WILLIAM H. ALLSTETTER, OF MARION, OHIO.

RAIL-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed April 6, 1905- Serial No. 254,178.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD D. ORAMER and IVILLIAM H. ALLSTETTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail- Ohairs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in railroad-rail chairs designed particularly to support and connect the meeting ends of rails. The main object of the invention is the production of a chair in two parts arranged to interlock beneath the rails and adapted to be connected to the meeting ends of the rails whereby to efiiciently support said rails and prevent their separation.

The invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n Figure 1 is a perspective view of one section of the improved chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the other section of the chair. Fig. 3 is a sectional view transverse of the chair and supported rail. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation, showing the rails supported in the improved chair. Fig. 5 is a similar view from the opposite side of the chair. Fig. 6 is a plan of the same. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the chair in position, a rail being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference-numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the improved chair is made in two sections 1 and 2, adapted for cooperation with opposite sides of the rails, each section being constructed to closely fit the sectional contour of the rail.

The section 1 comprises a base-plate 3 of a width to project partially beneath the baseflange 1 of the rail. Near its outer edge the base 3 is provided with an upwardly and inwardly inclining plate 5, the top of which terminates in alinement with the tread 6 of the rail. 7 represents a web connected to the plate 5 by outwardly-turned ends 8 and 9, the former being of a length and contour to fit beneath the tread of the rail, while the latter is of a length and so spaced from the baseplate 3 as to receive one of the projecting flanges of the rail-base 1. The face or vertical portion of the web 7 fits snugly against the web 10 of the rail on one side thereof. The web 7 is spaced from the inclined plate 5 of the chair-section 1, whereby the structure is considerably lightened, owing to the opening formed lengthwise the chair between the Web 7 and the plate 5. This construction provides a chair-section having a base-plate to underlie the rail, an inclined plate rising from the base-plate and terminating coincident with the tread of the rail, and a web shaped to follow the contour of the rail tread and web and engage the upper surface of one flange of the rail-base. The base-plate 3 projects slightly beyond the plate 5, as at 11, to afford a broad bearing for the chair, while the inner edge of the base-plate is cut away to provide a shoulder 12 to receive the other chair-section.

Section 2 of the chair comprises a baseplate 13, cut away at 14 on its inner edge reversely from the cut-away portion of the base-plate 3, so that said reduced portion will engage to hold the sections together, the projection 15 from the section 2 resting upon the projection 16 of the base-plate 3, as

illustrated. A plate 17 is secured to the outer edge of the base-plate 13 of section 2 and extends upwardly, following the contour of the rail-base 4, and the rail-web 10, terminating beneath and in contact with the tread 6 of the rail. The structure described also provides a recess 18 between the base 13 and the plate 17 to receive one flange of the railbase, as clearly seen in Fig. 3. g

The plate 5 of the section 1 is formed at suitable intervals with offsets 19, having their outer faces 20 projected parallel with the railwebs 10. Suitable openings 21 are formed through these offsets, through the plates 5, webs 7, rail-webs 10, and plate 17 of section 2, through which openings bolts 22 are passed, whereby to secure the rails in the chair. The projecting portion of base 3 beyond the plate 5 is formed with a series of horizontally-extending notches 23 to receive the overlying heads of the ordinary rail-spikes, while the plate 17 is formed with notches 24, having vertical portions in the vertical face of said plate and horizontal portions in the horizontal face of the plate, the vertical portions of the notches receiving the body of the spikes, while the horizontal portions receive the projecting ends of the heads. The respective notches 23 and 24 are arranged in staggered orderthat is, out of transverse alinement whereby to render more eifective the securing of the chair to the ties.

The meeting ends of the rails are to be inserted in the chair and the sections of the latter bolted to each other and to the rails, after which the chair is to be spiked into position on the ties.

By preference the chair is of such length as to include and rest uponthree ties, whereby the meeting ends of the rails are effectively supported and braced against any possible depression. As the upper end of the plate 5 terminates in alinement with the top of the rail-tread, the wheels will be guided over the junction of the rails without the usual jar, as said plate end forms a continuous and unbroken tread to support the wheels.

The interlocking of the bases of the respective chair-sections beneath the rails is effectively maintained by the weight of the rails and by the arrangement of the spikes.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the precise details of construction herein shown and described, as various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A rail-chair comprising two sections arranged to interlock beneath the rail, one of said sections terminating throughout its length on a plane with the tread. of the rail, the other of said sections bearing throughout its length beneath the tread of the rail.

2. A rail-chair comprising two sections arranged to interlock beneath the rail, each of said sections being formed to follow the contour of the rail, one of the sections terminating throughout its length on a plane with the rail-tread, and means for securing said sections together and to the rails.

3. A rail -chair comprising two sections, each of said sections having a base-plate to project beneath the rail-base, means for interlocking the meeting edges of said chair-bases, one of said sections having an inclined plate rising from the base and terminating on a plane with the rail-tread, and a web joined to said plate and following the contour of the rail the other of said sections having a plate following the contour of the rail and terminating beneath and in contact with the railtread, and means for securing the sections together and to the rails.

4. A rail-chair comprising two sections, each of said sections having a base-plate to project beneath the rail-base, means for interlocking the meeting edges of said chair-bases, one of said sections having an inclined plate rising from the base and terminating on a plane with the railtread, and a web joined to said plate and following the contour of the rail, the other of said sections having a plate following the contour of the rail and terminating beneath and in contact with the railtread, means for securing the sections together and to the rails, and spike-notches formed in each chair-section.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDNVARD D. URAMER. lVILLIAM H. ALLSTETTER.

Witnesses:

l-IoKE DONITHEN, HARRY G. THOMPSON. 

